How IPOB killed five Hausa-Fulanis in Abia – DSS
The Directorate of State Services, DSS, yesterday revealed how some yet to-be-identified members of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, abducted and killed five Hausa-Fulani men in Abia State.
The deceased, according to the Service, were suspected to have been killed by their abductors and buried in shallow graves, amidst 50 other shallow graves of unidentified persons.
It would be recalled that the five men were recently reported to have been missing by Hausa-Fulani leaders in the state.
DSS said in a release made available to journalists by an operative of the Service, Tony Opuiyo, that it uncovered the “heinous” role played by members of the IPOB in the abduction or kidnap of the five men who resided in Isuikwuato Local Government Area of the state.
The Service gave the deceased’s names as Mohammed Gainako, Ibrahim Mohammed, Idris Yakubu, and Isa Mohammed Rago.
It said the alleged act by IPOB members was already creating ethnic tension in the South-East and other parts of the country.
“The abducted men were later discovered at the Umuanyi forest, Abia State, where they were suspected to have been killed by their abductors and buried in shallow graves, amidst 50 other shallow graves of unidentified persons. Arrest and investigation conducted so far revealed that elements within the IPOB carried out this dastardly action.
“It is pertinent, therefore, to alert the general public that IPOB is gradually showing its true divisive colour and objectives, while steadily embarking on gruesome actions in a bid to ignite ethnic terrorism and mistrust amongst non-indigenes in the South-East region and other parts of the country. Following this act, tension is currently rife among communal stakeholders in the state with possibilities of spill over to other parts of country,” the Service stated.
The Service vowed it would not hesitate to act decisively within its statutory mandate to ensure that the sponsors and perpetrators of the action are apprehended and prosecuted for their crime, even as it urged lawabiding citizens to go about their civil duties and businesses freely.
It pledged that efforts were being intensified by security agencies to maintain law and order in the state and across the federation.
Speaking on the arrest of an alleged mastermind of UN Building bombing which took place in August 2011 in Abuja, the DSS said the suspected terrorist, Mohammed Usman, widely known as Khalid Al-Barnawi is a trained terrorist commander, who had been co-ordinating terrorist activities in Nigeria, while talent-spotting and recruiting vulnerable young and able citizens of the country for terrorist training by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in North African states and the Middle-East.
Also known as Kafuri/ Naziru/ Alhaji Yahaya/Mallam Dauda/Alhaji Tanimu, Al-Barnawi was said to have been involved in many terrorist attacks in Bauchi, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Sokoto and Abuja.
“This resulted in the killing and maiming of innocent citizens of this country. Albarnawi is also responsible for the bombing of the United Nations building in Abuja, on 26th August, 2011; the kidnapping of two European civil engineers in Kebbi State in May, 2011, and their subsequent murder in Sokoto State; the kidnap of a German engineer, Edgar Raupach in January, 2012, the kidnap and murder of seven expatriate staff of Setraco Construction Company at Jama’are, in Bauchi State in February, 2013, the attack of Nigerian troops at Okene in Kogi State, while on transit to Abuja for an official assignment,” DSS said.
The suspect was apprehended in Lokoja, Kogi State on the first of this month, while hiding under a false cover, according to the Service.
He was further alleged to be a founding member of the Jama’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid Da’wah Wa’l-Jihad (Boko Haram) and later the Amir of the break-away faction, Jama’at Ansarul Muslimim Fi Biladi Sudan (JAMBS).
He would soon be charged to court to face his charges after investigation is completed
The deceased, according to the Service, were suspected to have been killed by their abductors and buried in shallow graves, amidst 50 other shallow graves of unidentified persons.
It would be recalled that the five men were recently reported to have been missing by Hausa-Fulani leaders in the state.
DSS said in a release made available to journalists by an operative of the Service, Tony Opuiyo, that it uncovered the “heinous” role played by members of the IPOB in the abduction or kidnap of the five men who resided in Isuikwuato Local Government Area of the state.
The Service gave the deceased’s names as Mohammed Gainako, Ibrahim Mohammed, Idris Yakubu, and Isa Mohammed Rago.
It said the alleged act by IPOB members was already creating ethnic tension in the South-East and other parts of the country.
“The abducted men were later discovered at the Umuanyi forest, Abia State, where they were suspected to have been killed by their abductors and buried in shallow graves, amidst 50 other shallow graves of unidentified persons. Arrest and investigation conducted so far revealed that elements within the IPOB carried out this dastardly action.
“It is pertinent, therefore, to alert the general public that IPOB is gradually showing its true divisive colour and objectives, while steadily embarking on gruesome actions in a bid to ignite ethnic terrorism and mistrust amongst non-indigenes in the South-East region and other parts of the country. Following this act, tension is currently rife among communal stakeholders in the state with possibilities of spill over to other parts of country,” the Service stated.
The Service vowed it would not hesitate to act decisively within its statutory mandate to ensure that the sponsors and perpetrators of the action are apprehended and prosecuted for their crime, even as it urged lawabiding citizens to go about their civil duties and businesses freely.
It pledged that efforts were being intensified by security agencies to maintain law and order in the state and across the federation.
Speaking on the arrest of an alleged mastermind of UN Building bombing which took place in August 2011 in Abuja, the DSS said the suspected terrorist, Mohammed Usman, widely known as Khalid Al-Barnawi is a trained terrorist commander, who had been co-ordinating terrorist activities in Nigeria, while talent-spotting and recruiting vulnerable young and able citizens of the country for terrorist training by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in North African states and the Middle-East.
Also known as Kafuri/ Naziru/ Alhaji Yahaya/Mallam Dauda/Alhaji Tanimu, Al-Barnawi was said to have been involved in many terrorist attacks in Bauchi, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Sokoto and Abuja.
“This resulted in the killing and maiming of innocent citizens of this country. Albarnawi is also responsible for the bombing of the United Nations building in Abuja, on 26th August, 2011; the kidnapping of two European civil engineers in Kebbi State in May, 2011, and their subsequent murder in Sokoto State; the kidnap of a German engineer, Edgar Raupach in January, 2012, the kidnap and murder of seven expatriate staff of Setraco Construction Company at Jama’are, in Bauchi State in February, 2013, the attack of Nigerian troops at Okene in Kogi State, while on transit to Abuja for an official assignment,” DSS said.
The suspect was apprehended in Lokoja, Kogi State on the first of this month, while hiding under a false cover, according to the Service.
He was further alleged to be a founding member of the Jama’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid Da’wah Wa’l-Jihad (Boko Haram) and later the Amir of the break-away faction, Jama’at Ansarul Muslimim Fi Biladi Sudan (JAMBS).
He would soon be charged to court to face his charges after investigation is completed
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